Name: Cocoantjt Tartlets
Ingredients: 1 egg; 1 oz. unsweetened coconut (about ⅓ cup); 1 oz. ground almonds (about ⅓ cup); 1 tablespoon saccharine; Almond pastry for lining patty tins

Why it works: Coconut and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Cocoantjt Tartlets

Ingredients

1 egg
1 oz. unsweetened coconut (about ⅓ cup)
1 oz. ground almonds (about ⅓ cup)
1 tablespoon saccharine
Almond pastry for lining patty tins

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Line patty tins with almond pastry.
Cream the egg yolk until thick.
Gently fold in the stiffly whipped egg white.
Stir in the coconut, ground almonds, and saccharine.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Coconut + almondtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Egg + almondtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Egg + coconuttop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,090 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).